A Review on the Environmental Pollution of Langat River, Malaysia

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ahmed, Minhaz Farid^a | Alam, Lubna^{a; *} | Ta, Goh Choo^a | Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim^b | Mokhtar, Mazlin^a

Affiliations: [a] Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia | [b] School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding Author. [email protected]

Abstract: Environmental pollution of the rivers in terms of floods, droughts and landslides are the outcomes of the uncertain rainfall pattern due to climate change and it also contributes to the chemical contamination of the rivers along with the anthropogenic activities. The Langat River can also be polluted by the trans-boundary floods and precipitation in terms of the air pollution both in Malaysia and in the neighbour countries. Therefore, the water resource management related government and non-government institutes, business sector and civil society should have an effective participation for the better management of the river. Moreover, a regional platform could be useful in order to mitigate the impacts of atmospheric pollution as well as trans-boundary floods through sharing information, knowledge and expertise.

Keywords: Environmental, climate change, trans-boundary, water pollution, drinking water

DOI: 10.3233/AJW-160035

Journal: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 25-31, 2016